The Last Hero

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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I loved this illustrated #Discworld story featuring Rincewind and Cohen the Barbarian's horde. Pratchett includes many cultural references, such as one to 2001: A Space Odyssey, poking gentle fun at them, with hilarious artwork as accompaniment.

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TheSpineView The art was the best thing about this book! ❤️🎨📖 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! I just picked this up from the library today!! 4mo

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BarbaraJean

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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A soft pick for this one. I really enjoyed it… but in no small part because of the amazing artwork!! I did enjoy the way Pratchett paced the story overall. The balance of scenes—from the astronauts and the academics to the Silver Horde—was well done. The pacing kept me reading and left me wanting more from each storyline. But seriously. The artwork. Can we have every Pratchett book illustrated like this? Or at least Tiffany Aching?!
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Texreader Wow. That artwork is amazing!! 4mo

julesG Love the artwork. I got Kidby's Imaginarium to learn more about the artwork. Also preordered Kidby's upcoming book about the Discworld art

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willaful

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

“What goes around, comes around. If not examined too closely, it passes for justice.“

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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GingerAntics I do LOVE this book! 4mo

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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TheSpineView Loved the art work!! 💙🎨 4mo

willaful @TheSpineView So creative. I love the three of them in their astronaut outfits, with “Wizzard“ on Rincewind's helmet. 😂 And them as chess pieces for the gods...
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TheSpineView @willaful IK! 4mo

julesG @TheSpineView @willaful 🤣🤣 I really like just leaving through the book on some days. 4mo

TheSpineView @julesG Yes! If the book had no pics. It was still great and had all the things I love about Pratchett's stories. However, the pics just sent it over the top. 4mo

willaful This format was hard to read, but worth it. I really loved Leonard of Quirm and all the silly astronaut stuff. And what a fine not-ending for Cohen and his gang. 4mo

BarbaraJean @TheSpineView @willaful Of all the Rincewind books so far, I think I liked this one the best--and a large part of that is the amazing artwork!! I liked how things ended up with the Silver Horde, too. Overall, the balance between the astronauts and the UU gang and the Silver Horde was really well done. And it was such good pacing! The scenes were parceled out in a way that kept me reading & left me wanting more from each storyline. 4mo

julesG @BarbaraJean it's my favourite Rincewind book, too. Still, I'm looking forward to Death and the Witches. 😁 4mo

kwmg40 I loved the artwork in this volume, especially the picture of the three astronauts and the one of the gods. 4mo

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BarbaraJean

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

I picked this up from the library today and had no idea it was going to be so huge! And illustrated! I‘m really looking forward to reading this now, except I‘m revising my original plan of tossing it in my bag to read on the plane tomorrow. 😆 #OokBookClub

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julesG It's definitely huge in hardcover. I have the paperback edition, which I should try to locate. 🤣 4mo

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

#OokBOokClub-ers, our Discworld adventure continues TODAY with #TheLastHero!

Looking forward to our discussion next month!

Happy reading!

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GingerAntics Didn‘t we already read this one a couple years ago now? I remember this one. 5mo

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julesG We started again after finishing the original schedule. This time round we're reading the series. @GingerAntics 5mo

GingerAntics @julesG oh, that makes sense. I guess I missed that part before. I was a little awol for a bit. 5mo

julesG @GingerAntics You missed the Rincewind books. After Last Hero we're moving on the the Industrial Revolution series starting with Moving Pictures in October. 5mo

julesG @GingerAntics After Unseen Academicals 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ I'm not awake yet. 5mo

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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Just a friendly reminder that we'll be reading #TheLastHero next! Dig out your books, put in your library holds, or place your orders! The next Discworld adventure continues on August 8th! Woohoo!

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The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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A nice little return to Rincewind in this Discworld instalment- although I was a little disappointed the Luggage only got a cursory mention!

Ready for #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo !

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MayJasper

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

You don't get much more #macho than Cohen the Barbarian.
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Eggs What a great illustration!! 4y

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gossamerchild

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

Ah, Sir Terry, Lord of the Pithy Statement 🤣🤣🤣

Wee bit behind on the reading for the #ookbookclub, but am very much enjoying this one!

julesG 😁 4y

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa I enjoyed this one, and usually Rincewind isn‘t my favorite, but the aging Barbarians who wanted to go out with a bang, were great. 4y

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khooliha I like how much this was a throwback to early Discworld stuff, how it gave those early books a proper, thoughtful goodbye. I do find myself wishing it were longer, just because there were some character crossovers I really enjoyed the bits we got and wanted more of (specifically Ponder & Vetinari and Rincewind & Carrot). 4y

GingerAntics I liked the ambiguous ending, where the old barbarians are dead, but they‘re not letting that stop them from riding on. As a Da Vinci groupie, I loved the Discworld version of him. Of course Ook stole the show a bit there, and I love him all the more for it. 4y

DrexEdit I really enjoyed the illustrations in this. I didn't think I would, but I found them to be close enough to my mental pictures that they didn't detract. And some were absolutely marvelous! I want a poster of that swamp dragon spread! I also enjoyed the character cross-overs in this and I love any book with Carrot or the Librarian. 💜 4y

DrexEdit @khooliha you've got me a bit worried. This is my first time through the discworld books. Do they change in tone going forward? Your comment about a proper, thoughtful goodbye feels like foreshadowing to me. 😊 4y

khooliha @DrexEdit Oh, no! The tone has been changing, organically I think, all along. It's just shifted away from the direct fantasy parody that produced Cohen and the gods basically playing D&D. I think Pratchett knows full well that the first couple books were a wild, wooly land, but I think a book like The Last Hero respects that and has affection for it. 4y

khooliha @DrexEdit At least, that's how it feels to me. A number of our more recent reads (like Last Continent and Carpe Jugulum) feel a bit like endings. A focus shifting, maybe. There's still tons of great stuff coming though! 4y

DrexEdit @khooliha Excellent! I do agree that the tone has been shifting all along from mostly silly to sharper satire. I see what you are saying though about recent books feeling like endings! 4y

khooliha @DrexEdit I do like that they're sort of... open endings. I feel like I remember Pratchett mentioning life going on when people aren't looking at the Disc, so these characters just get to keep on going, we're just not looking at them as much anymore. 4y

Gezemice @DrexEdit I loved the illustrations, too, and that‘s what made it a five star for me. I agree, illustrator Paul Kidby totally nailed the characters, and the illistrations were an integral part of the story. I spent quite a bit of time looking at the tiny pictures in the frames in the beginning and the end... they are hilarious! And the Leonard illustrations are brilliant. The gnarly heroes are brilliant. Some of those spreads are gorgeous. 4y

Gezemice @GingerAntics @kooliha @DrexEdit I agree about the endings! Love that they just go on, heroes are not bothered by being dead. Also agree on that the tone is becoming more refined and thoughtful, a trend through Discworld... and some of the best are still to come, like Thud! and Nightwatch. 4y

DrexEdit @Gezemice Paul Kirby was definitely a good choice for Terry Pratchett. So much care and thought went into the pictures! Makes me wish more of the books had illustrated editions. 4y

Gezemice @Riveted_Reader_Melissa Rincewind was understated in this one, not the main character. As part of a cast he works well. He was a good comic sidekick to the idealistic Leonard and the chivalrous Carrot. And we know that he always stumbles onto something when the chances are a million to one (i.e. nine out of ten). 4y

Gezemice @DrexEdit Yes! This is one of the few I do not own yet (it was from the library) but I think I will have to get it just to look through those gorgeous spreads. And I loved that it was so big that the impact of the illustrations really came through. Much bigger than you average graphic novel. (edited) 4y

GingerAntics @Gezemice I can‘t wait for Nightwatch! I adored the illustrations as well. (edited) 4y

gossamerchild I'm a bit late to this discussion, but I loved this one! I missed this book on my initial foray into Discworld, and I'm glad to have the chance to find out again. The illustrations are FANTASTIC! I loved everything about this one 🤩 4y

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julesG

The Last Hero: A Discworld Fable | Terry Pratchett, Paul Kidby

"The place where the story happened was a world on the back of four elephants perched on the shell of a giant turtle. That's the advantage of space. It's big enough to hold practically anything, and so, eventually, it does."

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DrexEdit

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Holy Heck! I really enjoyed this book! :-) The illustrator matched the pictures in my head! And the illustrations were as irreverent as the author & matched his tone. Lots of love & care went into this book--a massive trim size, printed 4 color on heavy paper, & a paper cover with flaps. I 💜 when publishers take care with the details to produce such quality! Who doesn't love a massive spread illustration of swamp dragons! 😄👍🐉 #OokBOokClub

DrexEdit The only character I didn't agree with the drawing of was Lord Vetinari. I picture him more as a cold Lucius Malfoy type. 4y

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